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what of "IOKYOII Sixty-light?

up; tipliilis’ illlwlfdv A ypal‘ of degrees o1 prosperity,

nevertheless markedly free from “tucks, indeed disasters that have afflicted other countries-such as pp,- tclmible Quetta. earthquake Just ggpoftfll as this ls written.

A year, on the whole, of a not uvouce.

Contrasts With 1887

All one needs to do in proof of ihi; assertion is to contrast 1H7 rim i935, the first Do ‘ ‘ Day with this sixty-eizhth. such a con- trast hasizes the vast changes dfczted 0r uhder way, during the intervening period in practically rrery sphere or national life, as shown in the accompanying statis- tical table.

Transportatlomby land. sea. and air, has undergone rrevolution that is apparently by no means st an end. This period of time may well be called an electric age, with scores of marvels to mark it, and yet it is asserted that we are 0hly in the kindergarten stage of elec- trical development and application. The everspreadlng radiatron of our foreign trade has-enlarged our com- mercial spheres, from a scone to a hundred countries, with correspond- in; increases in the business totals.

The mining data for the first Con-’ federation year was a; mere trifle compared with the flgufes of today, and what may be oxmotcd~ of the thousand geologists who are explor- ing our far-flung mining areas this very year.

The CQHIIIIQH". oLtho West

This achievement belongs to the period under navlew. The discovery of its potentialities centres in the last half-century. Winnipeg. in i867. was s. mere clutter of cabins and tents lost in the immensitie oi the prairie. Her sisfor cities north o! the Great Lakes were not only unborn but undreamed of. The Rod River cart, with its dreaking wooden wheels, was, the main transports- lion eaencv...9f..t y.

One striking e nce of this ‘Iestcm growth relates to its in- dilstricl life, where a substantial percentage of the manufacturing plants cf the Dominion have come into existence and where the thous- and mile farm has become one of the chier food supplies of the world. Other Evidences of Growth

Agriculturnlly the growth has been little less than phenomlnal. A modern evavaior was unknown in

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,4 strange year in a way was this ponfcderatmn Year. number 68. ‘with some dark Patches of sky. sl- wnggmg with the bright spots-a _- of ups and downs, but with the

mid some troublesome conditions mu perplexing problems-a year

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'07 and if it were, only a few would have held e wheat crop then whereas there are 5,000 today with s storage capacity ofover 400,000,000 bushels and if the present indica- tions are fulfilled. the 1030 crop will nu them all.

The first export shipment oi wheat only come when Confedera- tion had been established by two score years. The herds and flocks,- ths cattle on a thousand hills-were also to coma later in succession to tbs wandering buffalo. A plow was a curiosity and a. tractor an unim- agined contraption for wholesale harvesting.

Prairie trails and corduroy roads preceded the 4.000 mileage of mod- ern highways-a mileage that is annually being added to. As Kipling said, now years ago, "Canada is macadamlzing a few miles o: high- , ways." Few indeed! ‘The wheat belt is being pushed farther north as well as the mining areas. Take in the fact that an ‘aefoplane pilot. has flown from Edmonton to the Arctic in a span of a single daylight, and from Calgary to Vancouver between breakfast and dinner.

Canada now represents n degree of governmental stability poles re- moved from the present day exper- iences of France and other count- ries. Even under the Union Act of the Iibrties there were flve cabin- ets in three years, one lasting for only thme daysi

Canada is moreover a human melting pot, the original racial stocks oi’ less than half a score have multiplied into fifty and the Bible is circulated in whole or in part in the Dominion in over fifty languages and dialects.

The?‘

as a f‘ ith The turning of Canada into a Dominion has proven to be a mas- terpiece of statesmsnship on the pert of the Fathers of Confedera- tion, oven though it is possible they did not. indeed could not foresee, all that has happened since their day when they fashioned the new instrument of government.

They, for one achievement. set an example of federation that has since been followed in part by some sister Domlnions. But perhaps the most outstanding fact is round in the Statute of Westminster, passed in 193i by the British Parliament. which put a capstone on the Em- pim edifice known as the British Commonwealth of Nations. During the intervening years Canada gradually developed and improved upon her system of self-government which is working fairly well even if" requiring some adjustments. During the some period Canada. stood the test of a Great War and was the first of the allied countries to aflect a financial recovery foi- lowing the armistice.

At the same time, skis entered‘ upon a full status of nationhood by becoming a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles and a voting member h; the Igggug 0f Nations. '

In a word, the Canada of i935 is

“He iSAaII iHave Dominion From Sea To Sea

--A Remarkable Story Of National Progress-

‘v 5000 FACTS ABOUT CANADA) Tho Bfltiah North America Act

Britain of the west,

many an island thereof. A Domlnionlhy Verse

and dominion,

sea, we are moulding the nation to

be. The centuries open before us. East and West are the doors at our

feet, And the smile of thy favor is on us and the nams of our country . is sweets“ '

A Confederation Table

1008-5. J. Unlacke, of Nova Sco- tia mooted o. union of the British Provinces in North America. Hills-Chief Justice Sewell, of the Quebec bench, suggested the union of British colonies in America. law-Union of Upper and Lower Canada, suggested

l839-—By Lord Durham in his report.

lB5-i—Rosolution passed by the Nova scotia legislature: “That a Union or confederation of the Brit- ish provinces on just principles, while calculated to perpetuate their m with the parent state, will promote their advancement and prosperity, increase their strength and influence, and elevate their position."

,_ law-Sir A. T. Gait advocated Confederation of all the provinces. le5'l-Nova. Sootla gove- ‘ suggested union of Maritime Pro- vinces. ‘ - laoil-Cartler-Macdonald govern- ment aent s. delegation to urge union upon the imperial author- ities.

last-Nova. Scotls. ssse bly re- quested the colonial secre ary to open up communication with other

provincial go. manta to tbflsamc end. ' lads-Maritime Provinces held

conference at Charlottetown to dis- cuss Maritime Union, attended by delegate from Quebec. IBM-Conference held at Quebec to discuss larger project which fin- ally led to the consummation of Confederation.

A Coufedera“ Csicolflsm

‘ Q-What la Dominion Day? A-Dominion Day commcmo ates the new era in Canada, as under Confederation dating from 1067. Q-Whitt is the B.N.A. Act? A-Thc B.N.A. is tho abbreviation of British North America. Act that legalized Confederation. i

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“Strawberry Boxes

R e p o rts from S T RA W B E R R Y Growers indicate‘ that there will’ be a large . crop of ~S T R A W B E R - T R I E S this year. I~We have just rec- eived a large ship- ment of S T R A W B E R R Y_ e B O X E 8 idiroct from the manufacturers rog- ulation size of ‘tho best make.‘ quarts and pints. _ \ Batter bqok your order now, so thorn

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. believe to be the basis of civiliza-

a country of world contracts and contracts compared with her relat- ive isolation ant provlncialism in 1867.

With such a. record what more could we ask.

It is as a. serious Ind thoughtful man‘ of aflafra that Mr. John Buchan. or Baron Tweedsmuir, of Elsfield. comes to Canada as Cov- emor-General. This was revealed at a banquet tendered him in London by the Canadian club, attended by 000 members. under the chairman- ship of H. G. Howard Ferguson. tlm Dominic ‘a High Commission- er in Britain.

Evidently the Governor-General- designate is a man of many Went!- Tha mind that created some of the most delightful fiction in literature also grasps the economic problem of the world. "I have no doubt." ha said, "how Canada will face the

' ic problem of the worfd. She starts with immense assets. She has the vitality and the adaptabil- ity or a young nation. She has also tbs balance and just persvwiivfl 0! maturity. for from Britain and France she draws the same tradi- tions of Greece and Rome which I tion." And from another recent speech he said:

“Sh; is no rootless people deriv- ing a fickle inspiration from tran- slcnt fashions, but a nation broad- ly based upon the mntral culture of mankind. She has her own proud heritage and is loyll to it. Oil-old!- has oompletdd her pioneerihgatsso, but she still has pioneering before her aa difficult ls any in the past, and adventures not less fateful. Today she is assisting to maintain our hsrdwon civilisation."

Wolfds Prophecy

General Wolfe, i750: "Canada. will, some time hence, be s. vast Ihflplr‘, the salt oi power and looming. Nature has refused them nothing. There will grow a b00016 out o! our little IP00 mdiahd ti!“ will all this vast specs."

The Word "Dominion"

Q-Where was it passed and when? , _

A-It was passed by the Imperial Parliament in London on March 29. i807.

Q—-Who was the first premier of Canada under Confederation? A-John A. (afterward Sir) Mao- donald.

Q-How many -has Canada had since and who?

A-Canada has had eleven pra- mlers since Confederation, viz: be- sides John A. MacDonald, Alex- ander Mackenzle, John J. Abbott. John S. D. Thompson, Maclm ‘ Bowel], Charles Tuppsr, Wilfred Laurler. Robert L. Borden. Arthur Meighen, William Lyon Mackcnsis King. Richard Bedford Bennett. Q-l-low many parliaments since the first in 1887?

A-Seventnen, under ‘fifteen Do- minion ministries.

Q-Who was the first governor general at Confederation? . A—Viscount Monck, G.C.M.G.-- Q-l-fow many governors-generals since Confederation? A-Fourteen, from Viscount Monck to Earl Bessboroazh, Baron Twqedsmuir (John Buchan) under appointment, will be the fifteenth. Q-How many national birthdays has Canada had?

A-That on July l. i085. will be the sixty-eighth.

Q-How many provinces the first dominion in i867? A-Four. viz: Nova Scotia. New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. Q-How many are them now A-Nino. viz: Besides the four above ns ed. Prince Edward Is- land, Mani obs. Saskatchewan, Al- berta and British Columbia. Q--What was the Charlottetown Conference?

A-It was a gathering of lepre- sentatives o1 the Maritime Prov- inceswith delegates from Quebec that met in Charlottetown in 180i. Q-What was the Quebec con- ference?

A-rt was a c,. Jercncs of tho nva provinces of Eastern Canada. when the resolutions on which Confed- eration was based were passed.

formed

' Whore did the word "dominion

~ from? It is assorted that . was much diversity of opinion) of wes minatsr. by the British Par- ‘ ‘t9 um "m. name of the new usment in 1m.

d alilnment n02} aclaioexj , W 0O GTCH ' ' vsm of Scripture: “Sci shall hlfi dominion also from lea t0 l0!" Ind thlt

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flag, in the o mcinbor

was the word ther- notabls for Canada's partner- gyms; h“ the honor of gpip in King the Piftlfs Silver Jub- system of lies. Csnldrs message rend:

a colony to f-iia Msjestyb reign he has had his of s people through dark cm In

Q-When was the confederation pact finally and fully recokhlzed? A-B the passing of the statute

The King's silver Jubilee This Confederation year was fur-

"During the twenty-five years of

through stirring times,

In due time the British House of Commons passed the British North America Act" setting up the new dominion. the first and oldest and largest of the overseas children o! the same old mother. today the the junior member in the well-known business firm of John Bull and Sous. doing business on every continent and on every one of the seven seas and

“Tbcu hast crowned us with might We have girded the land and the As a potter would fashion a vessel,

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of adversity and the’ return of prosperity, through the - varied manitestations of a chnngmg social order and tho o0listltutionais8li1q~ sions of a developing Comm - wealth."

Canada as an Inks-national Lissou Laud

Canada has increasingly become an interpreter with the United States and other countries. Lord Hailsham, in a recent speech in Iondon, dealt with the mission of Canada within the Empire. "She could interpret Britain to the Unit" ed States and the United States to Britain, and in closer -and better

’ ‘ ding batweenthe-Brltish Empire and the United States lay the moat certain solution o: tha problems of peace and war which so beset the minds of statesmen all over the world."

The Message of the Govcrlnl General

. His Excellency the Governor, General, Earl of Bessboro ,,n. in an address on May 2nd, i035 at the annual meeting of the Canadian Council on Child and Family Wel- fam said: ‘

"My predecesso s saw Canada in varying degrees of light and shade. It has been my experience to be with the people o: Canada during grey days of sinrn ordeal. to share with them a crisis in their national life that has called for just as much courage and determination as did the years of the War. It has also been my privilege to observe how both individuals and institutions rose to the occasion of that crisis, and faced it. not only without dia- may, but with a very practical sense of how best to overcome it.

Canada, a rich young country, with a splendid inheritance, had irnown little of the privatlon of misery that has blackened the rec- ords of older nations, though, with her crowded cltips and her remote outposts, she had lonr, to consider deep and serious prolfilems of social welfare. These latter years, how- ever, with a suddenness that might well haw: been bewildering, have brought her gaoe to face with the complicawd duty of providing some minimum o! social security to those of her citizens who might be threatened with its loss.

And how has she met the en- counter? In Canada. today, as I know it, there is abundant evidence on all sides of an anxious sympathy with those in need. an increasing

What lies around the comer for Canada? Prophecies are often wasted words. but some legitimate inferences may be drawn, based on the record of recent years. the laws of averages, and the upward curv- es, as there have been marked in- creases in ewery department where statistics are available. ‘ some sample increases between 1887 and 1935 are: Population 3- fold. railway mileage ZOO-fold; banks, branches own SOD-fold, farms under cultivation 7-fold, live stock, 6-fold, acres under cultivation 0‘- fold: government revenue, 15-fold, trade lilo-fold: wheat yield 300- fold; manufacturing production i00- fold; mineral production 4-fold. Advances such as these have taken place despite the Croat War and other disturbing factors. The net results have been on the right side of the ledger in some cases to a remarkable degree. Is there npt therefore reasonable grounds for an optimistic outlook on Canada's future. either immediate or remote? The slogan of “Watch Canada

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